Hall of Fame bound?

As an NBA player, you’re not eligible for the Hall of Fame until five years after you’ve retired. So it’s too early to start Yao Ming’s Hall talk, right? Nope. This was actually something I didn’t even know about until recently, but Yao could be inducted into the Hall next year as a “contributor” to the game.

In my mind, this is a no-brainer. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of that honor in the past decade. Throw out all the stats, the injury talk, how short his career was, we can all debate that in five years. For now, you have to focus on what he did for the game of basketball.